Election Information

Board Of Education Members
November 2023 - November 2024
 

Carlos Villegas, Jr., President
Diana Y. Serna, Vice-President
Yolanda Castillo, Secretary
Jesus Vela, Jr., Assistant Secretary
Cynthia A. Gutierrez, Member
Jesus A. Zambrano, Member
Jorge L. Zambrano, Member

School Trustee Election Timeline

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District PSJA ISD School Trustee Election Tuesday, November 5, 2024 

Additional Information

Form, Content, and Procedure: An application for a place on the ballot must be in writing; signed, sworn to by the candidate before a person authorized to administer an oath, and dated; timely filed with the dis-trict’s filing authority (often the superintendent’s secretary or another designated district employee); and contain specified information about the candidate: 

• The candidate’s name, date of birth, and occupation; 
• The candidate’s residence address or the address at which the candidate receives mail with a description of the location of the candidate’s residence; 
• The candidate’s length of continuous residence in Texas and in the district (and single mem-ber district, if applicable) as of the date the candidate swears to the application; 
• If available, a public mailing address and email address at which the candidate receives corre-spondence relating to the candidate’s campaign; 
• The office sought, including any place or other distinguishing number and an indication of whether the office sought is for a full or unexpired term; 
• Statements that the candidate is a U.S. citizen; has not been determined by a court to be mentally incapacitated; has not been convicted of a felony; is aware of the nepotism law; and swears an oath to support and defend the U.S. and Texas Constitutions and laws. 

Eligibility: An individual is eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a Texas school board if the individual: 

• Is a United States citizen; 
• Is 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable; 
• Has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote; 
• Has not been finally convicted of a felony; 
• Has resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date: 

*For an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate’s name is written in; or 

*For an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made; 

• Is registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described above; and 
• Satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office. 

Tex. Elec. Code § 141.001; Tex. Educ. Code § 11.066. 

Additional Information:

Election Information Requirements (Nov. 2023 - Nov. 2024)

Notice of General Election November 5 2024

Order of General Election November 5 2024